Ickes Attacks Court and Corporate Overlordship Speech
Interior Secretary Ickes blasted the Supreme Court at an American Civil Liberties Union dinner, accusing courts of turning the bill of rights into a charter for corporate privilege. He warned of corporate overlordship over civil rights and attacked Fascism as domestic enemies while recalling the Ku Klux era and urging vigilance against a new global mind set.
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New York
Ickes
Supreme Court
Interior Department
American Civil Liberties Union
America
Mindneta
Funds For Flood Control Approved
President Roosevelt approved a $24,877,000 flood control program for the lower Ohio river valley. About $5,000,000 is allotted for 15 projects in the current fiscal year. the rest requires new appropriations. Col. William A. Snow announced the project selection.
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Washington
Hoosevelt
Ohio River
William A. Snow
Army Engineers
Congress
Roosevelt
Garbo Sails Home Feels Likely Farewell to Films
Greta Garbo sailed for Sweden and sparked talk of retirement from movies. Sources say she may complete one MGM project, then retire possibly to England, with health concerns and a private life shaping the decision. Stokowski linked to lingering rumors as the actress keeps plans private.
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Leopold Stokowski
Hollywood
Gatbo
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Garbo
Miss Garbo
Mr. Stokowski
Gripsholm
Kidnapping Note Read to Jury
The state presented two statements by Arnett Booth about the kidnapping of Dr. James I. Seder. After a lengthy court wrangle the statements were admitted as evidence and will be read tomorrow. Prosecutor E. E. Winters, Jr. said a third statement will be produced. Judge H. Clay Worth ordered admission after a chambers session where Booth's counsel questioned J. Reynolds of the federal bureau.
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Huntington
Arnett Booth
James I. Seder
E. E. Winters, Jr
H. Clay Worth
Booth
Beauty Event Limited To Single Girls Only
Atlantic City officials ruled that future Mita America crowns must be won by single contestants. Married women and divorcees are ineligible as the board of governors announced plans for a new contest on the boardwalk next year. A widow was not mentioned in the ruling.
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Atlantic City
N. J. Dres
Mita America
Freak Accidents Yield Laughs
A 1937 oddity is recounted in Public Safety the National Safety council magazine. Charles Cox of Macounin county Minols selected a hen for dinner and during strangulation the egg exploded striking him in the eye. A physician removed shell fragments.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Charles Cox
Macounin County
Minols
Science Factor in Business Warns Manufacturers
Three top scientists told the National Association of Manufacturers that science must be as central to business as government and labor. Compton Millikan and Weldlein said science shapes wealth and industry, noting new products come from knowledge and that one third of U.S. factory goods are unknown in 1950.
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New York
America
National Association of Manufacturers
Karl T. Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Robert A. Millikan
Cosmic Raya
California Institute of Technology
E.R. Weldlein
Mellon Institute
Compton
Waidhein
Miltikon
American Institute of Physics
Farm Control Forces Defeat Parity and Corn Quota Amendments
In Washington the House defeated a mandatory parity price loan amendment 119 to 0 and the Senate rejected changes to corn marketing quotas. Patman-led southern bloc failed to rally enough votes as midwesterners stayed in line with Chairman Jones.
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Washington
Dec
House
Senate
Xew
Patman
Tex
Secretary of Agriculture
Evedit Corporation
Department of Agriculture
Ragybarn
Lucas
Jones
Agriculture Commmitee
Seventy Auto Union Members Arrested Over Traffic Blockade
Fifty seven United Auto Workers members were arrested for obstructing traffic at Miller Road gates of the Ford Motor Co in Dearborn. They were held at police headquarters for three hours then released on their own recognizance. The protest followed a city order banning literature distribution at the site.
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Detroit
Dee
United Automobile Workers of America
Miller Road
Foard Motor Company
Dearborn
Tesme aaNet
Adolph Germer
Committee For Indus Organization
John L. Carey
Deareborn
Yuletide Lights Turned On in Charleston Downtown
Thousands of colored lights brightened Charleston's streets marking the 1037 Yuletide season. A Bethlehem altar shone atop the Ka Nawha Valley Bank building as stores join the festive display. The chamber of commerce retail division coordinated garlands and extended shop hours from December 16 to 24, with most stores opening late nights.
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Charleston
Kanawha Valley Bank
Bethlehem
Cape Mn
Lee
Washington
Decorations Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Dewey E. S. Ituhna
Slain Ohio State Trooper Identified as Janitor-Messenger
Ohio police identify Loring D. Richardson a youth slain in Akron as a state trooper employee and janitor messenger. Investigators pursue details of the shooting while tracing a car tied to the case stolen November 19 from Merrit Bedditck of a pawn-broking family.
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Akron
Ohio
Loring D. Richardson
Mssenger
Aulo
Sorat
Andrew Morpan
Charleston
Richardson
Merrit Bedditck
Richard
Treasure In Wooden Leg Discloses Hidden Gold
New York reports reveal a Polish vice consul in Vienna sought a wooden leg owned by Nach Berg and discovered a treasure of 88000 dollars. Arthur L. Davis files the surrogate court report for Mrs. Rose Larkin guardian to her two daughters Adele and Marilyn amid her husband Frank’s disappearance.
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New York
Nnach Goldberg
Vienna
Arthur L. Davis
Davis
Rose Larkin
Adele
Marilyn
City cars collide at intersection in New York licenses
Reported collision at a busy intersection shows two New York registered cars damaged as drivers from the same apartment building brawl near the scene. The account notes their fists, then a sudden cooling as they drew closer. The piece reflects a chaotic moment with local witness details.
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New York
American Industry Maps 1938 Prosperity Plan at New York Congress
Big business leaders at a New York congress map a 1938 prosperity program emphasizing private initiative, robust industrial practices, fair employment relations, broader markets, and government cooperation with agriculture. They pledge to oppose fascism and war, asserting industry’s commitment to peace and national renewal.
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New York
Dec
INS
Congress of American Industry
Association of Manufacturers
B-Foint Kian
Agriculure
Brookings Urges Repeal of Undistributed Profits Tax
The Brookings Institution urged repeal of the tax on undistributed corporate profits arguing it hampers prompt and flexible capital development and harms small and medium firms especially new or recovering companies. It said retention of the levy would be unwarranted and administration is impractical. A House subcommittee has tentative modifications under review.
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Washington
Brookings Institution
Donight
I Steiner
Ry Ore
Cold Wave Claims Sixteen Lives Across Regions
A deep northwest cold wave brought hard freezing and crop damage fears as a severe winter storm hit nationwide. Temperatures plunged to 20 below in Casper Wyoming while deaths from exposure, snow, and icy roads climbed to sixteen across the country. Four states reported fatalities including Pennsylvania New York and southern regions with coasting accidents and weather dangers noted.
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Associated Press
Enid
Casper
Wyo
Texas
Pennsylvania
New York State
U S Housing Authority Allocates 30.5 Million for Slum Dwellers
Washington authorities announce a start on the 526 million Wagner Steagall housing program. Administrator Nathan Straus outlines earmarks for cities including Pittsburgh and Detroit each at ten million dollars plus allocations for Bridgeport Syracuse Jacksonville Columbus East St. Louis Annapolis and others.
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Washington
U. S. Housing Authority
Nathan Straus
Straus
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Bridgeport
Conn
Syracuse
N. Y
Jacksonville
Fla
Columbus
Ohio
East St. Louis
Annapolis
Gov
Col
Modern Life Reverses Evolution Says Harvard Anthropologist
Dr. Ernest Albert Hooter of Harvard, at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers banquet in New York, warned that evolution could reverse as engineers create machines surpassing humans. He urged building humanity on biology, stressing brains and fewer criminals over perfected weapons and robots. He concluded with a Panting note to turn to Page 13.
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New York
America
Ernest Albert Hooter
Harvard University
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Hotel Astor
Hoaten
Bloodless Coup Hinted Amid Nanking Battle Developments
Reports from Shanghai indicate Chinese and Japanese sources differ on Nanking's fate as Japanese forces press the capital. Rumors swirl of a bloodless coup in China's government possibly enabling a quick peace settlement while evacuation warnings mount for foreigners and Chinese combatants.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Sun Yate Sen
Japan
China
Chireze
Fighting Resumes On Spanish Front
Madrid reports renewed frontline fighting near Quillorina 15 miles west of Madrid as Insurgents attack government lines. Government communique says forces repelled the assault after about 90 minutes of heavy fighting with machine guns grenades and artillery. Barcelona also faced bombers as citizens responded to the flare of conflict.
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Madrid
Quilorna
Spain
Barcelona
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